Flopsy – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
Jul 15 – Oct 9, 2014 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2014
157 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
92
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 86
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2014 | 254 m | 15.4°C | 73 m |
| Jul 16, 2014 | 55 m | — | 40 m |
| Aug 31, 2014 | 254 m | 18.3°C | 157 m |
| Sep 17, 2014 | 141 m | 17.3°C | 103 m |
| Oct 9, 2014 | 333 m | 16.2°C | 50 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
157 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
92
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
86
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 31, 2014
measured- Seafloor depth
- 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 55 m – 333 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C – 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.